- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:462 (1987)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.025-0.05 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep. Sandy loam.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 25-105 mm long, 0.8-1.4 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.5-5 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, flexuose and soft, lying parallel with the margin, angled towards the leaf apex or curved inward over the leaf blade; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 55-70 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 4.5-13 mm long, with one flower; floral bracts 6-7 mm long; pedicels present, 1.5-2 mm long; flowers 10-15 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 6-9 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 0.5-1.4 mm long; anther 4.3-5.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 8.3-11 mm long. Flowers in September. Occurs in the Mallee IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dumbleyung, Kulin, Lake Grace.